Both the 2022 and 2023 BMW 5 Series and X3 are the latest recipients of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick Plus awards. After failing to secure any IIHS award for 2021 ...

For 2022, the 503-horsepower X3 M Competition gets 479 pounds-feet of torque, up from 442 pounds-feet in the 2021 model. It also gets a larger grille design and more aggressive exterior styling ...

This, I fear, is what BMW has done with the 2022 X3 M Competition. Much like The Phantom Menace, this BMW has all the building blocks to be great, but falls short in its delivery.

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The 2022 BMW X3 M40i comes equipped with a 3.0-liter i6 engine, but perhaps even more interesting is that BMW has also included a mild-hybrid 48-volt starter-generator.

In the battle of the 2022 Porsche Macan GTS vs 2022 BMW X3 M, neither car is a fuel-sipper. There’s 937 horsepower between them. Miles per gallon? Pfft, we’re focusing on smiles per gallon here.

The 2022 BMW X3 30e featured in the comparison below has an overall data-driven rating of 3.50 and the 2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime SE has an overall data-driven rating of 3.88.

The 2022 BMW X3 30e featured in the comparison below has an overall data-driven rating of 3.50 and the 2022 Lincoln Nautilus Reserve has an overall data-driven rating of 3.70.

Overview: 2022 BMW X3 xDrive 30i Hits: Spunky yet practical. Good looks, power, handling, AWD, and cargo space.